Varanasi panchang, 6 December 2028
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 21:20 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:50 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam 10:29 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:10 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:49 – 13:08
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:21 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:06 to 06:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 03:38 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 19:59 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 13:21
- Karana Kaulava until 16:21, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:21 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:50 – 09:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:08
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:44 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:31 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:50 – 09:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:10 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:29 – 11:49 | Good |
| Rog | 11:49 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:08 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Char | 14:27 – 15:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:47 – 17:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:47 – 20:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:28 – 22:08 | Good |
| Char | 22:08 – 23:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:49 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:30 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:10 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:51 – 06:31 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:03 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 02:03 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:31 NowJupiter
- 10:31 NowMars
- 11:31 NowSun
- 12:31 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:31 NowSaturn
- 23:31 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMars
- 01:31 NowSun
- 02:31 NowVenus
- 03:31 NowMercury
- 04:31 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:01 Libra
- 05:01 – 07:18 Scorpio
- 07:18 – 09:23 Sagittarius
- 09:23 – 11:08 Capricorn
- 11:08 – 12:38 Aquarius
- 12:38 – 14:07 Pisces
- 14:07 – 15:45 Aries
- 15:45 – 17:42 Taurus
- 17:42 – 19:56 Gemini
- 19:56 – 22:14 Cancer
- 22:14 – 00:28 next day Leo
- 00:28 – 02:41 next day Virgo
- 02:41 – 04:57 next day Libra
- 04:57 – 06:31 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method